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Can a charcoal-rich product called biochar boost agricultural yields and control pollution?

Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University crop and soil professor and Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future fellow, explores the agricultural benefits and pollution-controlling potential of biochar with global science news leader Nature.

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